WHEELER v. CORBIN

No. 72922.

546 So.2d 723 (1989)

Gailyn W. WHEELER, Petitioner, v. Finlay CORBIN, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhonda S. Martinec of Daniel, Komarek & Martinec, Chartered, Panama City, for petitioner.

H. Hentz McClellan of McClellan & House, P.A., Blountstown, and Frank A. Baker, Marianna, for respondents.

Enoch J. Whitney, Gen. Counsel, and Judson M. Chapman, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Tallahassee, amicus curiae for Florida Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.


BARKETT, Justice.

We have for review Wheeler v. Corbin, 528 So.2d 954, 955 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), in which the district court certified the following question to be of great public importance:1

Is a governmental agency liable to an owner for loss of use of his vehicle during forfeiture proceedings when the forfeiture is held to be unlawful upon appellate review?

Wheeler asserts...

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